Java Based Wikis

BrainKeeper is a hosted commercial J2EE application, which combines enterprise-level Wiki and Blog functionality.

Clearspace is a commercial J2EE application, made by Jive Software, which combines Wiki, Blog, and Document Management functionality into a complete enterprise collaboration solution. Clearspace uses wiki-style markup or WYSIWYG or "What you see is what you get" editing to allow for clean version control and workflow management.

Confluence (wiki) is a commercial J2EE application which combines Wiki and some blog functionality. Its features include PDF page export and page refactoring, and it can be run on any application server using any RDBMS backend.
Corendal Wiki is a GPL application for corporate environments, with tight integration with Active Directory.

JAMWiki is a Java-based wiki engine that is built to possess many of the features of MediaWiki
JSPWiki is a J2EE application released under the LGPL.

Kerika is a commercial Java application which combines whiteboarding and document management. It works on a peer-to-peer model and is available for Windows, Macs and Linux.
Team members who are not using Kerika get their project updates sent to them automatically by email.

Mindquarry creates a WYSIWYG wiki for each team. It is built using Apache Cocoon and thus based on Java (Mozilla Public License)


SnipSnap is a Java-based package that combines Wiki and blog concepts. It includes its own web server, but can be built as a war file for use in other servlet engines. Released under the GNU

Traction TeamPage is a commercial application based on the principles of Douglas Engelbart`s On-Line System (NLS) which aggregates multiple blog / Wiki spaces using a sophisticated permission and inline comment model.


VQ Wiki "very quick wiki" - does not require a database.


Yawiki is a wiki. Documentation is released under GNU General Public License. has a (robot)

YawikiBot, an Artificial Intelligent front end. Yawiki is J2EE and the rich client used for editing is Java Web Start.


XWiki is a Java wiki engine with a complete wiki feature set (version control, attachments, etc.) and a database engine and programming language which allows database driven applications to be created using the wiki interface


Zoho Wiki is a free, hosted wiki service and is part of the Zoho suite of online office applications. This is a combination of Java and AJAX based application.